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@@ -11,21 +11,22 @@ of <b>output</b> vector points.
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<h2>NOTES</h2>
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-<p>From a theoretical perspective, the interpolating procedure takes
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-place in two parts: the first is an estimate of the linear
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-coefficients of a spline function is derived from the observation
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-points using a least squares regression; the second is the computation
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-of the interpolated surface (or interpolated vector points). As used
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-here, the splines are 2D piece-wise non-zero polynomial functions
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-calculated within a limited, 2D area. The length of each spline step
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-is defined by <b>ew_step</b> for the east-west direction and
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-<b>ns_step</b> for the north-south direction. Step is defined in number of
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-pixels. For optimal performance, the length of spline step should be no less
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-than the distance between observation points. Each vector point observation is
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-modeled as a linear function of the non-zero splines in the area around the
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-observation. The least squares regression predicts the the coefficients of these
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-linear functions. Regularization, avoids the need to have one observation and
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-one coefficient for each spline (in order to avoid instability).
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+<p>From a theoretical perspective, the interpolating procedure takes
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+place in two parts: the first is an estimate of the linear coefficients
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+of a spline function is derived from the observation points using a
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+least squares regression; the second is the computation of the
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+interpolated surface (or interpolated vector points). As used here, the
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+splines are 2D piece-wise non-zero polynomial functions calculated
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+within a limited, 2D area. The length (in mapping units) of each spline
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+step is defined by <b>ew_step</b> for the east-west direction and
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+<b>ns_step</b> for the north-south direction. For optimal performance,
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+the length of spline step should be no less than the distance between
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+observation points. Each vector point observation is modeled as a
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+linear function of the non-zero splines in the area around the
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+observation. The least squares regression predicts the the coefficients
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+of these linear functions. Regularization, avoids the need to have one
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+observation and one coefficient for each spline (in order to avoid
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+instability).
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<p>With regularly distributed data points, a spline step corresponding
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to the maximum distance between two points in both the east and north
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